Poirot (TV Series)
The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge (1991)
David Suchet: Hercule Poirot
Quotes
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[last lines]
Hercule Poirot : Is this gratitude, Hastings? Is it for this that Hercule Poirot exerts his talents on behalf of the world?
Chief Inspector Japp : You expect gratitude? Don't make me laugh. Now you know what a real detective feels like.
Hercule Poirot : A *real* detective!
[Japp smiles and nods]
Hercule Poirot : Chief Inspector Japp is truly most amusing, do you not think, Hastings?
Captain Hastings : Oh, yes, most amusing.
Hercule Poirot : For a policeman.
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Hercule Poirot : You are leaving? One can leave?
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Chief Inspector Japp : [Poirot has a slight cold] How's the cold, Poirot?
Hercule Poirot : It is *not* a cold! It is a deadly fever!
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Hercule Poirot : I shall need at least six... no, no, no. no... eight for de grouse en glaze. I shall ask the hotel to cook us some tomorrow.
Captain Hastings : It's not like ordering them in a shop, Poirot. I've gotta shoot the damn things.
Hercule Poirot : I have every faith in your marksmanship, Hastings.
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Hercule Poirot : Hastings, would you please stop tapping your nose in that theatrical manner and tell me all you know?
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Hercule Poirot : Ah, a log fire, one of the better traditions of the English.
Captain Hastings : Roger was saying you keep an eye on the place for the family?
Archie Havering : Yes, I'm local. A poor relation is available. Damn ignominious it is too.
Captain Hastings : Why?
Archie Havering : Some of my pupils' families live six to a room. This place lies empty forty weeks a year.